g++ tarball, ./configure not working

ShanxT · 04-13-2007, 02:56 AM

Ok I'm using fc6, and I got the tarball of g++, gcc-g++-4.0.2.tar.bz2, unpacked it and tried installing. There were two folders, gcc and libstdc++-v3. I went to the lib* folder and tried doing ./configure, and it didn't work.. what am I doing wrong? I tried reading the installation instructions on the website but they went over my head..
I can't use yum because I don't have a net connection..

acid_kewpie · 04-13-2007, 03:00 AM

"it didn't work" is hardly much to go on it is? tell us real error messages etc...

ShanxT · 04-13-2007, 06:46 AM

sorry.. my bad.. the error message was

Code:

error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in . ./.. ./../..

Gethyn · 04-13-2007, 06:57 AM

Well, presumably you got the tarball from the net on another computer, right? How about downloading the necessary rpms instead of a tarball and installing those? I know this isn't a direct solution to your problem, but it might be easier...

ShanxT · 04-13-2007, 07:47 AM

I searched for the RPM, and I can't get one for FC6.. I don't want to try RPMS for other distros because I read somewhere that it might screw the os.. And I want to learn from my mistakes as well..

Gethyn · 04-14-2007, 08:04 AM

Why do you want to install g++-4.0.2 by the way? The net tells me that Fedora ships with some version of gcc-4.1. Do you need 4.0.2 for backwards compatibility?

If you want to try the rpms for gcc/g++, you can find them on this page (assuming you're on i386, if using a different architecture try changing the "i386" part in the url).

acid_kewpie · 04-14-2007, 09:21 AM

ok, firstly g++ is on your distro cd's, and is actually quite possibly already installed correctly... if not run "yun install gcc-g++" and that should install the current version for you. you really do not want to compile your own compiler...

i'd imagine that you got here becuase something else in turn needed g++ to compile, in which case go even further back up the path and install THAT from rpm and forget all about g++ for now.